The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-12-24
From the New York Hsrald. |

From the New York H9raid.l
WASHINGTON, d. C., Dec. Is, 1887.
Preparations are making here among
members of congress to circulate the
Presidents message among their con-
stituents on scale which will spread
at least . million copies among. the
people during the next ninety days.
1t is found by congressmen that great
numbers of their constituents are writ
ing for the message, and they see that
it is q document so short and SO clear
and to the point that the people will
read and study 1t.
Clubs all over the country desiring
to obtain and circulate the message
need only to write to the member for
their district and they will get the
number of copies they ask for, and 1t
would be useful for all citizens who
desire TO repeal surplus taxation and
revise the tariff in the direction OF FREQ
raw materials to form themselves into
clubs and circulate the message.
The presidents mail is filled with
letters from all parts of tho country,
many OF them from eminent and well
known men, many others from work.
ingmen, thanking him for his message
and enthusiastically praising him tor
his courage and tor the ability with
which he has treated the subject.
A REAL ISSUE.
What is remarkable in a great pro-
portion of these letters received by Mr..
Cleveland is the qualification expressed
by the writers that the question OF
tariff reform that has at last been
brought up, and that parties are now,
by the stimulus of the message, to di-
vide upon real question, one of vital
importance to the country.
The same tone il observed in the
letters received by members OF con-
gress. The president, congressman
begin to see, hit the popular mind and
heart in his message, as few OF them
thought when it was read. The people
are not scared. They welcome the
| debate which 10 coming. One writer
! from republican state, to his personal
| friend, q member Of congress, says:-
"Either congress will give us reform.
| ed tariff, or if congress tails we shall
have an issue in the campaign next
year on which we shall sweep the
country"
REPUBLICANS ALARMED.
The republicans, now that they are
getting the rebound of the message, do
not laugh % much - they did. They
acknowledge that they are going to
have trouble about the tariff in the
west. Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin,
Michigan, even Illinois, are going to
mako them anxious, and the plan OF
} Mr.. William E. Chandler to put
the party on the dead and gone south
ern question, and Mr.. Blaine's "dOn't-
you-dare- to- touch the-tariff" cable il
not thou ght prudent by more republi'
cans here whose judgment is thought
much of by the party leaders.
THE PRESS IN LINE.
The first effect of Mr.. Clevelandl
message and of Mr.. Blaine's blunder-
ing cable message has been, - 10 seer
here by those who are carefully watch
. / ing political movements in both parties
to split the republican party wild,
open. The Chicago Tribune preferi
Mr.. Cleveland's ground to MIR. Blaine 8
, The st. Paul Pioneer Press, next I,
. the Chicago Tribune the most influen
tial and the ablest republican iOurna
: in the northwest, urges tariff reform OF
the basis OF Mr.. Cleveland's message
The Boston Advertiser, republican
warns the extreme protectionists tina
they must give in. The New YOrI
8 Commercial Advertiser, republican
Q and formerly Blaine, says:-"Th
( 5000, 900 laborers who are not pro
tected by Q tariff should be regarded
9 fully as much % the 1000, 900 who ar
a protected, especially as these 2,0O0, ,O0
c are also forced to pay back ~ consum
: ers the bonus they exact as producers.
1 Aud there arc q considerable numbe
( OF other republican papers on the sam
/ side.
BLAINE's BLUFF.
g To Mr.. Joe Manley's threat, uttere
: . few days ago in the Herald, that "i
d the Chicago Tribune fouts at MI
+ Blaine there'll be An opposition pape
in Chicago within sixty days." tbs
9 paper answers, "Bring on your bear
J, Joe, but don't bluff on q pair q
o deuces," and In the same number say
o of the Blaine cable:-
e "If . newspaper interview, based o
y . synopsis Of the presidents message
10 to be taken ~ more binding than Ii
), platform of the party, then it woul
y hardly be worth while to hold anotht
u national convention, and the call fC
10 June 10, had better be cancelled.
. Paris has done her share in furnishin
10 the platform, let Berlin or some othe
It European capital name the ticket. III
J. last national republican platforl
It pledged the party to correct the in,
d qualities of the tariff and to reduce Il
SURPLUS and that pledge cannot /
lc violated without disloyalty to republ
le canism. Tho monopoly trusts al
t, rings which have combined to captul
., the republican party have undertake
rs . bigger contract than they can reaso
le ably hope to carry out.
~ DEMOCRATS UNITED.
While the republican party is thl
h split open, tho democrats are unitil
"a and gaining enthusiasm daily As the
A. hear from the country and discov,
m that the presidents message struck Il
key note of the session and, if nece
sary, of next years campaign. elf Il
q republican senate prevents our passii
D. an adequate reform bill, we will car
the question to the country next yea
!! that 10 what one begins to hear
" democratic circles.
~ = 81 like the message very much" "a
a- . western democrat, ebut would u
q have missed Blaine's cable for thou
- and dollars. That cable of Blaine
10 was invaluable to US. 1t Axed the
y sue. 1t bothers our republican frien
20 20 to death. Blaine 10 really the gre
~ ~ political Mrs. Malaprop. 1t "
" Cleveland's everlasting good luck
W De have Blaine come In and help to eI
10 phasise every point of the message" +"
= On the whole, the democratic bret
~ ~ rem are happy, with Mr.. Chandler
70 70 the senate and Mr.. Blaine cabling fro
10 Paris, and with many of the most il
huential republican papers east al
~ =. west turning their backs on MIR. Blaiil
=, and supporting the message, the L,
" ~ puhlicans are unhappy.
- WHY MEN FAIL.